The Romantic Legacy

Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

by Charles Larmore

Ranging broadly through English, French, and German philosophy, literature, and art, Charles Larmore untangles the strands of our Romantic inheritance that, he argues, ought to figure in the fabric of our own self-understanding. The book focuses on imagination, community, irony and authenticity.

Genres: Nonfiction

100 pages, Hardcover

First published June 6, 1996

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, and refreshingly short, but sometimes too loose and ambivalent about the movement... at times, Larmore gets too caught up in following the movement's contradictions in circles, missing out on opportunities to present concrete examples, clear landmarks, or useful insights.